Controller, Real Estate Development - Firm; Healthcare

A top-performing Boston-based real estate investment manager is adding a Controller, Real Estate Development to support its growing digital infrastructure platform. The firm combines the resources and sophistication of a large institutional investment manager with an entrepreneurial, collaborative environment and direct exposure to senior leadership.

This role will lead accounting across the full lifecycle of large-scale data center developments, from project setup and construction through stabilization and operating accounting. Real estate development accounting experience is essential, with responsibility for job cost, budgets and reforecasts, cost allocations, reporting, and coordination across development, construction, investor accounting, and portfolio teams.

Company Overview & Benefits

The firm offers a highly competitive total compensation and benefits package, including:

• Up to approximately $280k total cash compensation
• Profit sharing
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums
• Strong retirement and insurance benefits
• Complimentary MBTA pass
• Generous parental leave and employee-focused perks
• 3 days in office, 2 days remote hybrid schedule

Responsibilities

• Development accounting leadership: Lead accounting for large-scale data center development projects, including project setup, cost tracking, cost categorization, allocations, and financial oversight.
• Budgeting and reforecasting: Manage development budgets, recurring reforecasts, scenario analysis, and detailed budget-to-actual reporting.
• Project lifecycle accounting: Oversee the transition from development accounting into stabilized operating accounting as projects are completed and placed into service.
• Corporate and operating accounting: Support monthly close, financial reporting, operating budgets, tenant billing, reconciliations, audit support, and AP/AR processes.
• Cross-functional partnership: Work closely with development, design and construction, investor accounting, portfolio management, valuations, acquisitions, dispositions, tenants, and third-party property managers.
• Team and process leadership: Manage and develop accounting staff while helping establish scalable processes, controls, and reporting standards for a growing platform.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience with ground-up construction, major redevelopment, or other complex development projects
• Strong understanding of job cost accounting, project budgets, reforecasting, cost allocations, and variance analysis
• Experience with Yardi Job Cost, MRI, or a comparable real estate accounting system
• Prior data center, digital infrastructure, or mission-critical construction experience is highly desirable
• CPA and public accounting experience are helpful, but not required